The Penn's Grove record., 1887-11-19
NEWS IN BRIEF

AAN ES1bI IA
1T takes s2s, 900 900 to keep our
ladies' In silks every year.
"A turtle captured on the Pacific
coast lately weighed 1000 pounds.
"A man in Maine has a hen which
is sure death on q mouse. He claims
that she often catches several a day.
1T has been proposed that the jinri-
klsha, the Japenese carriage pulled by
q man, shall be introduced into London
streets.
"A Clarksville, Illinois, turkey
gobbler stole a guinea hens nest, sat
5, Matched the chicks, and is
lem with great care.
he first shark seen in the Ken
--0cc river for years was captured a
day or two ago. at Fort Popham
Beach. 1t weighed 800 pounds.
A cucumber four feet long, coiled
like a serpent and resembling nothing
else 30 much as a green snake, was
among the 'curiosities at the Maine
state fair.
According to the last report of the
United States commissioner of'pensions
there are in Vermont 1926 pensioners,
drawing annually $1,000 600 in round
numbers.
The people Of Elmer and vicinity,
In Salem county, New Jersey, are
much excited over an unpleasant Wis.,
ltor In tile shape OF a monster snake %
feet long.
Two greyhounds accompanying a
Washington lady whose purse was
stolen from her Joined in the chase
after the thief and succeeded in head
ing him off.
"A Plymouth (Mass.) man has ar
ranged an electric safeguard for his
grapevines. 1t gives intruders such a
shock that, it is said, not one has ever
paid a return visit.
Two thousand dollars were found
in a belt left behind by a tramp who
had been given a nights lodging lately
by a Saco (Maine) family. He re-
turned and claimed the money.
New Orleans has the first regularly
authorized Chinese physician in this
country. He is a graduate of a medi-
cal school In China. and asked to be
allowed to practice among his own
cuuntrymen in the Cresce 1t City.
AN eagle flying off with a sheep in
Santa Clara County. California, re-
Gently, was interrupted by a farmer.
The bird at once dropped lts prey and
attacked the man. who was roughly
handled lin the fight, He came u
the victor, however.
-Forty-two years ago a lawsuit was
begun In Illinois for the possession of
a pig valued at So. As figured up a
few days ago, the expenses on both
sides had amounted to about $1,000.
Each contestant was determined to
have the whole hog or none
"A case OF remarkable gall is re.
ported from the vicinity of Edmore,
Al. A man who bsd bcea hired
some clover seed went through
the motions, but kept the seed in the
bag, and then carried it home and
sowed 1t upon his own ground.
- When lightning struck Baxter
Vaughan Of Strother, Missouri, it cut
a hole like a bullet hole in his hat, ran
around the rim, then down his back
clear to his heels, tearing off In its en-
tire course a narrow strip of skin, and
yet Mr.. Vaughan lives to tell his queer
experience.
There lives in Troy, Mo-, a
little girl about s years old, whose head
is almost an iron gray, and 1t is steadily
and perceptibly growing grayer, and
the present indications are that long
before she reaches womanhood her once
raven-black hair will have become
snow-white. Fright caused the change
In color.
The recent utilization of Pranzini's
skin to cover card Eases has reminded
the Parisians of the old humau-skin
tanneries at Strasburg and Meudon,
where the skins of the victims of the
guillotine were made into book leather.
Works in this binding may still be
seen in the catalogues Of sales.
"A mysterious voice that was heard
in an empty house in Washington and
supposed to be that of a small boy was
investigated by a policeman. On en-
terlng he plainly heard the cry of
"aunty," which In q moment changed
to 'mamma." The sound was traced
and the source found to be a lame
parrot perched on the back of an old
chair.
An autograph letter of Balzac
has just been made public, which tells
that he once dreamed of great treasure
being buried In Corsica, and he set out
alone to geek it. Want or funds, how
ever, hampered him, aud before he
reached Ajaccio he had lost faith Ill his
enterprise, and decided to return to
Paris. But from this incident Dumas
derived the inspiration of "Monte
Crlsto.''
"A turkey gobbler owned by a
farmer ear Rockville, Ills. lights hen
from their nests and covers and matches
the eggs himself. He seems to take
great delight IN these acts, and FLAPS
the mother to perfection with the
young chicks. As he makes a good
parent he Is left alone in his strange
ways, and is the curiosity of the
neighborhood.
Peter Tobias, a FARMER. was K1Irga
in rather a peculiar way, at Spring.
field, Ohio, the other day. He was
out driving when his carriage was
struck by a railroad tram and a piece
Va bHC "hCCi Vic QilNOu lilUuSh Hio
skull, p~inionIug HIM to the ground.
The combined strength of two men
n necessary to withdraw the tire.
"A monster jv3s, made of paper,
and measuring 10 feet in length by 8
in height, was lately received in San
Francisco from the Flowery Kingdom.
1t was to be carried By sixty priests in
a parade Of San Francisco Cinnamon
that was expected TO eclipse anything
Of the kind ever seen in the Golden
Gate City.
On a recent evening scores of birds
swooped down on New Haven, Conn.
They were a varied lot, in Guiding
thrush, llnnets, hummlng, cat birds.
etc. Many invaded residences and
were captured, but most of them
perched on the telegraph and electric
light wires until morning, when they
departed as mysteriously as they caue.
An exciting scene was witnessed
recently in u managerie near London,